Zambia calls for regional action to address energy shortage

Zambia calls for regional action to address energy shortage

Speaking at the 30th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts for Southern Africa, held in Livingston, Zambia this week, the country’s Energy Secretary, Peter Mumba, called for urgent action to resolve the energy deficit facing the region. With nearly half of Southern Africa’s population lacking access to electricity, Mumba stressed the importance of regional collaboration to tackle the energy crisis and climate change, while addressing the […]

November 21, 2024 18

Nam Elections 2024

SADC Observers Launch Mission for Namibia Elections

The SADC Electoral Observation Mission to Namibia's Presidential and National Assembly elections has been officially launched in Windhoek. Addressing the ceremony, Hon. Anne Semamba Makinda, the SEOM Head, highlighted the mission's commitment to promoting democratic principles and peaceful elections. Observers from eight SADC member states will be deployed across Namibia's 14 regions to monitor the November 27 polls. The mission will evaluate the process against SADC's revised electoral principles and […]

November 21, 2024 6

Africa

Ethiopia Excluded from New AU Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia

A senior Somali official confirmed on Saturday that Ethiopia will not be part of the new African Union peacekeeping mission starting in January. Voice Of America says, the exclusion follows a deadlock over a Memorandum of Understanding Ethiopia signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier this year. Since 2007, African Union troops have operated in Somalia, first under AMISOM and then ATMIS, which will end its mandate this […]

November 11, 2024 8

Local

The 9th Africa Regional Platform adopts the Windhoek Declaration

After three days of discussions, the 9th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction concluded with the adoption of the Windhoek Declaration on advancing the Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Africa. This ambitious document sets the direction for the next three years, reinforcing Africa’s commitment to reducing disaster risks and building resilience across the continent. The Regional Platform […]

October 28, 2024 12

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Namibia

Public Service Comission joins SADC peer meeting

The Public Service Commission of Namibia attended the SADC Public Service Commission meeting in Cape Town for the creation of the SADC Public Service Commission Forum, and benchmarking. The consultative foundation forum objectives were to forge cooperation among SADC member structures and ultimately the establishment of the SADC Public Service Commission. Salmaan Jacobs the Chairperson of the PSC.

May 16, 2024 32 2

Environment

Calle Schlettwein chairs Zambezi Water Commission

The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein has assumed the Chairmanship of the Zambezi Watercourse Commission, in Mozambique. He took over from Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita, the Minister of Public Works, Housing, and Water Resources of Mozambique during the 11th Zambezi Watercourse Commission Council of Ministers Meeting. Namibia will host the next Council of Ministers.

April 29, 2024 84

Africa

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed

By Thierno Thioune, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar On 11 February 2024, the head of Niger’s ruling military junta, General Abdourahmane Tiani, spoke of the possible creation of a common currency with Burkina Faso and Mali. “The currency is a first step toward breaking free from the legacy of colonisation,” he said on national TV, referring to the CFA franc inherited from French colonisation. Burkina Faso, […]

March 15, 2024 17

Africa

Tshisekedi and Kagame to discuss DRC conflict

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi has agreed to meet his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame to discuss ways of resolving the ongoing conflict in the east of his country.

February 28, 2024 50

Namibia

Ethiopia’s quest for access to the sea: success rests on good relations with its neighbours

By Bizuneh Yimenu, University of Birmingham and Robert McCabe, Coventry University On 1 January, Ethiopia and Somaliland signed a memorandum of understanding granting Addis Ababa direct access to the Gulf of Aden. This strategic agreement paves the way for Ethiopia to establish commercial and military bases along the coast. Under the agreement, Somaliland will lease 20km of coastal land to Ethiopia for 50 years. Ethiopia commits to offering Somaliland […]

January 12, 2024 8